Holiday Memories
This song was sung by candlelight when we used to attend the Hiram Christian Church Christmas Eve service.
Silent Night
This kind of cuisine is Grandma Frato's most favorite cuisine to mention as something that "she used to make all the time, back before you kids"
Italian cuisine (bonus if you said spaghetti and meatballs)
This number of floors in the skyscraper near our apartment also features in the name of the building, which houses a movie theater, a supermarket, and other businesses.
72
Western Reserve Academy was founded in this year, which is also Ellie's passcode for a whole bunch of things.
1826
During our family Europe trip in 2017, we visited three countries. Please give them to me in order.
Spain, Belgium, Sweden
These three ingredients make up Grandma Frato's hollandaise sauce.
butter, lemon, egg
This is the name of the TV show that Mom got her famous milk and Pepsi drink from.
Laverne and Shirley
This number marks the post-differential for Hanoi, Vietnam in 2015.
20
This teacher taught the Gifted and Talented classes in middle school at Garfield.
Mr. Hatcher
Jim and Pam were married at this watery location, which Mom and Dad visited during their first smaller honeymoon.
Niagara Falls
Older teens looking for candy on Halloween from Grandpa Frato on our front porch usually have to do this.
Sing or do push ups
An 8 year old Finn had some delightful contributions to the most recent edition of "Lovin' the Oven". Please name one of his recipes.
Tortillas, sunny side up eggs.
Please spell out alphabetically (no need for Vietnamese diacritics) the name of our neighborhood in Hanoi. (Bonus: it was also the name of the park right below our apartment.)
Cau Giay
These two Secretaries of State attended Wellesley.
Hillary Clinton and Madeleine Albright
This restaurant, established in 1893, is the largest in Brussels and is known for their mussels and frites.
Chez Leon
The claymation music video to this quirky song made the Delaney children cry. Hint: bring out the mayonnaise!
Weasel Stomping Day
Noah proclaimed this recipe of his in "Lovin' the Oven" to be one that he would "teach his kids and they will teach their kids." Please name the recipe AND give the steps.
Cereal. "Step 1: Pour cereal into bowl. Step 2: Pour milk into bowl. (NOTE! IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU DO NOT SWITCH STEPS 1 AND 2!)"
This man was the US Ambassador to Vietnam when we were there. He is openly gay (EW!!!) and lives with his husband. Mom and Dad visited his house for a reception while we were in Vietnam.
Ted Osius
Richard (Diccon)
The members of ABBA recently received the Order of _____ (the equivalent of a Knighthood). The name is shared with a famous ship that we visited in Stockholm.
Vasa
6 year old Ellie used to write that she wanted this at the top of her Christmas wish list in the hopes that Santa would be impressed and call her wise beyond her years.
"World peace"
There is frozen applesauce in our outdoor freezer. What year is it from?
2020
This day, celebrated every year, marks Vietnam's declaration of independence from the French and Japanese. It is also known as National Day. We attended fireworks and a parade on this day in 2015. Please give the month and day.
This original, longstanding name of a leadership program at Western Reserve Academy was eclipsed by a different name (Morgan Leaders) once funding ran out, and then was discontinued entirely.
Ellsworth Leaders
These two teams were playing each other in Qatar when we witnessed a fight by the university gates when we were eating at Bab el-Yemen in Jordan.